Sheri Kersch Schultz co-founded the Schultz Family Foundation in 1996 with her husband, Howard Schultz, former ceo and chairman emeritus of Starbucks Coffee Company. Guided by a belief that the right opportunities at the right time can unleash human potential—and that “inequality of opportunity” is stifling America’s own potential, the Foundation invests in innovative solutions and collaborative partnerships to create greater opportunity, accessible to all. A passionate volunteer and long-time advocate committed to making a difference in the lives of young people, Sheri recognized early in her work shaping the Foundation how a fractured system of social supports was failing to reach peopl